LOL.... yes you are right. Let me rephrase and say it eliminated cords. Not Chords.... Thanks for catching that!
At the risk of being a little off topic, I replaced the single coil pickups in a telecaster with quality stacked humbuckers. Quieted down the 60 cycle hum quite a bit. Lots a little brightness but not much.
You’re not n to something with the grounding. When you touch the strings you are grounding it. I’m guessing a grounding wire came loose when it fell.